Good luck pipepusher.. this has been a great read alone for me. i just now saw this. i hope you take a new world record for all your hard work and effort you have put in this season bear hunt. be safe and cant wait for the pictures..thanks, denny

This trap takes a while. These bears have a circuit just like all predators. They are not even eating yet! The females with cubs stay close to the den for a while and the boars have no reason to roam until food is plentiful and the sows are in heat. This is an early and short season. 1 week into it and no bear yet and just 3 weeks left.I think tomorrow, if I can sneak out, I will head back up and put out some more attractant scent.I will not go to the site on the weekend. The risk cannot be taken that anyone out and about to see a truck on the side of the road! Also, on the week days that I do go, it can only be between 11:00 A.M and 1:30 P.M. The bears, when they show up, need to be trained. Food , and any disturbance, comes only at mid day and I am food. ( Swamp will like that one.)